Wangfujing snack street in downtown Beijing

Chinese food is famous for two reason: its extreme deliciousness and its weirdness. The later characteWángfǔjǐng (simplified Chinese: 王府井; pinyin: Wángfǔjǐng), located in Dongcheng District, Beijing, is one of the Chinese capital's most famous shopping streets.

Much of the road is off-limits to cars and other motor vehicles, and it is not rare to see the entire street full of people. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty there have been commercial activities in this place. In the Qing Dynasty, ten aristocratic estates and princess residence were built here, soon after when a well full of sweet water was discovered, thereby giving the street its name "Wang Fu" (princely residence), "Jing" (well). In 1903, Dong'an market was formedristic has a perfect example, the Wangfujing snack street in downtown Beijing.

Just google it or YouTube it and you can find a lot of of videos and photos of foreigners amazed by what Chinese people are eating. You can find skin-piled sparrow, cicada, silk worm, inside-out snake, giant grasshopper, penis of various kind of animals and star fish. You name it. Just think of something you don’t dare to eat and they would probably have it on sale on Wangfujing snack street.

Judging from videos of this street’s visitors, they are absolutely enjoying themselves. Maybe not enjoying the food but the weirdly exotic atmosphere where people cook and eat anything.

Some were playing truth or dare there: